Floral Path

A watercolour-style country scene: a walker with hat and stick heads away along a path, between red astilbes, white daisies and flowering shrubs. The design is full of subtle shading and also uses blends, two colours threaded together in the needle to soften the transition from one tone to the next.

It is a large piece with a rich palette, so it suits stitchers who already feel at home with counted cross stitch and chart reading. Hoop, scissors and frame are not included: a good-sized hoop or frame is worth having ready. Once finished, the embroidery looks its best framed, perhaps with a pale mount.